Choose Liu Bei at the start, I am the only one who knows the plot of the Three Kingdoms.

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian looked at Cao Cao and Liu Zhang.

At this point, Sun Jian was already somewhat panicked and had no ideas at all, so he could only place his hopes on the two of them.

Seeing Sun Jian's appearance, Cao Cao sighed.

He hadn't expected that Shi Xie, who had been completely silent all along, would suddenly cause such a commotion, catching everyone off guard.

After a moment of silence.

Liu Zhang then slowly said, "King of Wu, all of this was caused by Shi Xie alone. Why don't we just hand Shi Xie over to Liu Bei and let him calm down? That should settle things, right?"

"It's not that simple. And I have some bad news to tell you all: Shixie has gone missing."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, both Cao Cao and Liu Zhang present widened their eyes.

Everything that's happened was caused by Shih-hsieh, and now that people have come knocking on his door, he's run away.

"Where are Wang Yue and the others?"

"They've all run away."

"I……"

Cao Cao was already about to curse, but considering his status, he ultimately held back.

"They all ran away? Sun Jian, how do you manage your people? Your own people caused such a huge disaster, and they just ran away like that. You still have the nerve to call us over and ask us what to do? What can we do? The mastermind has run away, what are we still doing here? Let's go too."

Cao Cao knew that this matter could not be easily resolved, so there was no point in him staying there. He turned around and prepared to leave.

"You can leave, but I can't. The Anluo Empire can't leave either. If the Anluo Empire is destroyed by Liu Bei, what do you all think? How do you think your fate will be any better than mine?"

Sun Jian's words made everyone stop in their tracks.

Gu Rubing was even faster than Sun Jian had guessed.

However, Gu Rubing did not expect that Cao Cao and Liu Zhang would also be here.

Moreover, behind these three, eight legendary military generals had also arrived.

With these eight people around, it will inevitably be difficult for Gu Rubing to do anything he wants.

Gu Rubing understood what the three of them meant, but this matter had nothing to do with the three of them. Gu Rubing's only goal was Shi Xie.

"Since the three of you have all come here, it seems you know my purpose. Hand over the person, and I'll pretend this never happened."

"This……"

Sun Jian hesitated for a moment, glanced at Cao Cao and Liu Zhang beside him, and sensing that neither of them intended to speak, he slowly stepped forward.

"King Lie, I'm sorry, Shi Xie has run away, and Wang Yue and Shi A have also run away with him."

"Ran?"

Gu Rubing naturally didn't believe this.

"Would the King of Wu dare to order my men to search him?"

"Of course! Please, Your Highness, go ahead!"

Sun Jian immediately stepped aside.

Gu Rubing then waved his hand.

The five people, excluding Guan Yu, went directly into Constantinople.

All five of them were legendary military generals, so finding one of them in the city would be incredibly easy.

Soon, the five people walked up to Gu Rubing.

"My lord, Shi Xie is indeed not in the city, and there is no trace of Wang Yue and Shi A either. They may really not be in the city."

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing looked at Sun Jian standing to the side.

"King Wu, it seems you have hidden the person away."

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian sighed and then walked up to Gu Rubing.

Sun Jian is now a legendary general, capable of killing Gu Rubing, so no one dares to relax.

They immediately stopped Sun Jian at a safe distance.

"You can say whatever you want to say here."

Upon hearing Guan Yu's words, Sun Jian immediately stopped in his tracks.

"This whole affair of Prince Lie was done by Shi Xie alone. We really didn't know anything about it. If Guan Yu and the others hadn't come before, we wouldn't have known what happened. Before you came, a few of us discussed giving Shi Xie to you, but at that time, we discovered that Shi Xie had disappeared. If you don't believe me, you can ask Cao Cao and the others."

Gu Rubing then looked at Cao Cao and Liu Zhang.

The two nodded hastily.

"Oh, I see. But do you really think this matter can be resolved simply by Shi Xie's disappearance? Since I've been hurt, this matter can't be resolved so easily, can it?"

"What does Your Highness desire?"

"Give me 50,000 warhorses as your apology."

"Fifty thousand warhorses?"

Sun Jian's eyes widened immediately.

The Anluo Empire certainly didn't lack warhorses, but that was only true for them. Gu Rubing had just asked for half of the Anluo Empire's warhorse reserves.

Most importantly, this matter had absolutely nothing to do with him; he was completely unaware of it.

If Gu Rubing were to take all of this, it would be such a loss.

"Prince Lie, this matter has nothing to do with me. Why do you want so much? Do you think I'm easy to bully?"

As soon as Sun Jian finished speaking, his murderous aura was released instantly.

However, at that moment, a Green Dragon Crescent Blade was placed directly in front of him.

"How dare you speak to my elder brother like that? Do you really think I, Guan, have such a good temper? If my elder brother hadn't forbade it, my sword would have been on your neck long ago."

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian subconsciously glanced at Guan Yu and quickly took a few steps back.

“Your Highness, we understand your intentions. We are also angry to hear that such a thing happened, but no matter what, we were unaware of it. Isn’t it a bit too much for you to take your anger out on us?”

Cao Cao also felt that Gu Rubing had gone a bit too far, so he stepped forward and looked at Gu Rubing.

"It seems you've already decided to reject me. In that case, there's no need for further discussion. Let's just get started. I want to see if your eight men can hold off our six."

After saying that, Gu Rubing waved his hand, and the two sides immediately faced off.

"Wait a moment."

It was clear that both sides were about to take action.

Cao Cao immediately waved his hand to stop him.

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing immediately signaled Guan Yu to stop.

"What is it? Does the King of Wei have something to say?"

Gu Rubing didn't actually want to start a war like this. The reason he brought everyone was just to scare Sun Jian. He really hadn't expected so many legendary generals to come out.

Such a massive melee was simply beyond the capacity of ordinary people like him and Cao Cao to withstand.

Cao Cao thought so too.

"King Lie, we're just here to help you mediate, not to declare war on you. There's no need for things to turn out like this, is there?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing smiled and nodded. "Then, I wonder what the King of Wei means?"

"Alright then, we'll grant King Lie's request on his behalf. As for Shi Xie, we'll find him as soon as possible and send him to King Lie. What do you think?"

"King Wei, you..."

Sun Jian wanted to say something, but Cao Cao stopped him.

"Alright, then I'll wait for your good news. As for the warhorses I need, I hope you can resolve that issue as soon as possible. Otherwise, I'd like to make sure your Anluo Empire is completely without an army. Then all the warhorses here will be mine."

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian looked at Gu Rubing with a gloomy face.

After Gu Rubing and the others had completely left, Sun Jian finally looked at Cao Cao.

"King Wei, what makes you think you can agree to his request on my behalf? Where would I get so many warhorses to give him?"

"King Wu, do you think I don't know what's going on? In that situation just now, what could we have done if we didn't agree? Do you really want to fight them? Do you think that just because we have more people, we're necessarily their match? Even if we could defeat them, would you still want your Anluo Empire?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian sighed and said nothing more.

Not long after Gu Rubing left, Sun Jian had already sent people to transport warhorses.

Upon arriving in Yizhou, Gu Rubing immediately dispatched people to prepare for the warhorses.

However, to Gu Rubing's surprise, Zhuge Liang was also waiting for him in Yizhou.

Luocheng!

Upon seeing Gu Rubing, Zhuge Liang immediately stepped forward.

"My lord, your actions this time are far too daring. What will we do if something happens to you?"

Hearing Zhuge Liang's rambling voice, Gu Rubing lowered his head helplessly.

Half an hour later, Zhuge Liang's rambling finally stopped.

Gu Rubing looked at Zhuge Liang with curiosity.

In the past, when this happened, Zhuge Liang would take at least an hour, so why did it only take half an hour now?

Only then did Gu Rubing notice that Zhuge Liang's lips had turned somewhat pale and he was breathing heavily.

They seem very tired.

This is not proportional to Zhuge Liang's physical strength.

"Prime Minister, what's wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang immediately smiled and shook his head, indicating that he was alright.

But even a fool could see that there was clearly something wrong with it.

"Prime Minister, are you injured?"

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he immediately shouted to the outside, "Come in, all of you."

Guan Yu and the others who were guarding outside could tell that Gu Rubing's tone was filled with anger.

Zhuge Liang had grumbled at Gu Rubing more than once or twice, but each time Gu Rubing would apologize with a smile and never really get angry. Why was he so angry this time?

Guan Yu immediately led everyone into the room.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

"The Prime Minister is injured, why didn't any of you tell me? And who injured the Prime Minister? Give me their name."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked bewildered. Only Ma Chao and Huang Zhong exchanged glances and then looked at Zhuge Liang, as if asking him if they could speak.

Upon seeing this, Zhuge Liang immediately shook his head.

However, Gu Rubing quickly noticed this.

"Why are you all staring at the Prime Minister? I'm the one asking you questions now, answer me!"

"Yes, my lord. The Prime Minister's injury was not caused by anyone, but rather by the Prime Minister himself while performing divination. The Prime Minister said that he was performing a blood divination."

"Blood divination?"

Gu Rubing didn't know what Blood Divination was, but just from the name, it didn't sound like a good thing. What could Zhuge Liang, who was always so resourceful, possibly need to use such a harmful divination technique?
Zhuge Liang glared at Ma Chao and his men, then stood up with a smile.

"My lord, Liang is alright!"

"Prime Minister, what exactly have you calculated?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang gave a helpless bitter smile; he could already sense the murderous intent in Gu Rubing's tone.

Although Gu Rubing usually joked and laughed with them and never got angry, Zhuge Liang and the others couldn't help but feel a little scared when they actually saw him angry.

Even though everyone present was a legendary general, and they knew that Gu Rubing couldn't hurt them at all, they were still afraid. This was the suppression of his domineering aura.

"My lord, actually, I was just curious and calculated the origin of Penglai in Qingzhou, but I don't know who blocked it. I guess it must have been Zuo Ci from Penglai who made the move."

"Zuo Ci!"

Gu Rubing, his face grim, memorized the name.

"Prime Minister, you don't need to worry about Penglai. I don't believe they would dare to interfere in my affairs."

However, just as Gu Rubing finished speaking, a voice rang out from outside the room.

"King Lie, you are mistaken! There is nothing that Penglai cannot manage if it wants to. All the schools of thought are within Penglai's calculations, and all the feudal lords have their own destinies, all under Penglai's observation."

Upon hearing this, Guan Yu and the others rushed out.

Standing outside the door were the men in black they had seen before.

"you again!"

Guan Yu's eyes widened, and the Green Dragon Crescent Blade in his hand emitted a series of clanging sounds.

"I'm not here to see you, I'm here to see Zhuge Liang."

"You think you can just say you're looking for someone and expect to find them? Aren't you overestimating yourselves?"

As soon as the voice fell, Gu Rubing led Zhuge Liang out.

“Your Highness, as I just said, whether you are from the Hundred Schools of Thought or various feudal lords, you are all under my Penglai. We can naturally see whoever we want to see.”

After speaking, the man in black looked at Zhuge Liang standing to the side.

"Mr. Zhuge, Mr. Zuo Ci asked me to pass on a message to you: Penglai is an abyss, and divination techniques cannot get close to Penglai. I hope you will take care of yourself. Also, Mr. Zhuge, do not forget our warning, or you should know what the consequences will be."

After the man in black finished speaking, he turned to leave.

"You think you can just come and go as you please at my residence? Stop him!"

As soon as Gu Rubing gave the order, the six legendary generals rushed out and surrounded the man in black.

Gu Rubing didn't intend to do anything to this person; he just wanted to test them. Previously, the Five Tiger Generals had attacked together, but they were no match for the opponent. Now that the Six Legendary Generals had gathered together, he wanted to see if they could still stop them.

"Oh, so King Lie is preparing to attack me? Does he really think six people can stop me?"

After the man in black finished speaking, a jet-black spear appeared in his hand. Instantly, a series of spear flashes appeared, and all six men, except for Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, were knocked back several steps.

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun charged straight at the man in black.

Just then, the two of them suddenly changed their expressions.

Although the man in black was right in front of them, for some reason, they felt that the man in black was somewhat illusory, as if he might disappear at any moment.

Just as the cyan blade light and the white spear light appeared before the man in black, he vanished from their sight. (End of Chapter)